Secondary Programme 2019 - 2020

Contents ITT and NQT 3 ITT Programme 4 NQT Programme

Classroom Practice 7 Dynamic Sixth Form Teaching Programme 8 INSET Workshops 2019 9 Developing Classroom Practice Programme 11 Derbyshire Developing Classroom Practice Programme 12 Supporting Students with Assessment Programme 13 Move On Up - £500 per participant 15 TeachMeets

Middle Leadership 17 Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme 18 Curriculum Middle Leadership Programme 19 Supporting Others Programme

Senior Leadership and Headship 21 Preparing for Senior Leadership Programme 22 RTSA Headteachers’ Conferences 22 Inspiring Leaders Leadership Conference - charges apply

Networks and subject conferences Subject Networks 24 Art and Design, Business Studies, Computing and ICT 25 Design and Technology, Drama, English 26 Food, Geography, Health and Social Care 27 History, Literacy, Maths 28 Media Studies, Modern Foreign Languages, MFL Development Day 29 Music, Numeracy, PE 30 Philosophy, Religion and Ethics Network, Psychology 31 Science, Sociology

Leadership Networks 32 Curriculum, Pupil Premium 33 SEND, Teaching and Learning

Support Staff Networks 34 Attendance, Careers 35 Librarian, Teaching Assistant

Events and Opportunities 37 Science Learning Partnership courses - charges apply 39 Transition Literacy Event 40 Inspiring Leaders NPQML, NPQSL, NPQH and NPQEL - 10% discount for alliance members 41 Bespoke CPD 43 Research Opportunities 44 Calendar of Events 50 School to School Support

To book a place on any of our courses, networks or events, please contact the

RTSA Management Team [email protected] 0115 926 1481 (option 3)

Katie Crowley-Andrews Sarah Haslam Rebecca Seadon

The Redhill Teaching School Alliance are fully committed to providing high quality, personalised CPD for all members of staff in order to raise student achievement. Provision is in place for members of the Alliance at all stages of their professional development - from ITT, to early years and middle leadership, through to aspirant senior leaders.

Attendance Fine Policy

The RTSA have an Attendance Fine Policy for our Networks, CPD Programmes and events. We encourage delegates to send their apologies as soon as possible to [email protected]. Any cancellations with less than 48 hours’ notice, or non-attendance at an event, will incur a £25 charge to your school.

ITT and NQT

ITT Programme

This programme has been designed for all staff currently in secondary teacher training at any Alliance school. All sessions will be held at The Redhill Academy except for one TeachMeet event per term that will be held at various schools across the Alliance. Unless otherwise stated, all sessions are held at The Redhill Academy, NG5 8GX. Sessions will run from 4:15pm to 5:15pm.

Date Session title Providers Thursday 7 November 2019 Objectives and outcomes Haley Hartley

Monday 11 November 2019 Behaviour management Sarah Staniforth & Lea Phillips Thursday 21 November 2019 Differentiation for aspirant learners Steph Lovett

Tuesday 26 November 2019 TeachMeet at The Redhill Academy 4:00 pm - 5:30pm Instead of a CPD session, trainees are invited to attend the Autumn Term TeachMeet. Please book yourself a place at www.redhilltsa.org.uk Wednesday 4 December 2019 Effective use of data Mike Walsh & Caroline Chaloner Tuesday 21 January 2020 Behaviour management (repeat session) Sarah Staniforth for trainees who did not attend this session in the Autumn term & Lea Phillips Tuesday 21 January 2020 Teaching compare and contrast Caroline Chaloner for those who have already attended the Behaviour Management session Thursday 30 January 2020 Objectives and outcomes (repeat session) Haley Hartley for trainees who did not attend this session in the Autumn term Wednesday 5 February 2020 Effective use of data (repeat session) Mike Walsh & for trainees who did not attend this session in the Autumn term Caroline Chaloner Wednesday 5 February 2020 Being an effective vertical tutor Lea Phillips & for those who have already attended the Effective use of data session Sophie Minall Tuesday 11 February 2020 Differentiation for aspirant learners (repeat session) Steph Lovett for trainees who did not attend this session in the Autumn term Wednesday 4 March 2020 Teaching explanations Angela Savage

Tuesday 10 March 2020 TeachMeet at The Oakwood Academy 4:00 pm - 5:30pm Instead of a CPD session, trainees are invited to attend the Spring Term TeachMeet. Please book yourself a place at www.redhilltsa.org.uk Tuesday 24 March 2020 Memory and recall Joe Kirkham

Tuesday 31 March 2020 Working with a TA Liz Coxon

Thursday 30 April 2020 Thinking skills Paul Crossley

Monday 4 May 2020 Inference training Luke Richardson

Tuesday 19 May 2020 Student ownership of learning Rebecca Graves

Wednesday 3 June 2020 Active engagement Sally Barfoot

Thursday 11 June 2020 Strategies to find out what the students have learned Ollie Furniss

Thursday 18 June 2020 TeachMeet at Tupton Hall School 4:00 pm - 5:30pm Instead of a CPD session, trainees are invited to attend the Summer Term TeachMeet. Please book yourself a place at www.redhilltsa.org.uk

NQT Programme

The programme below has been designed to support secondary staff in their first year of teaching at any of our Alliance schools. Sessions on this programme are being delivered at multiple sites, now including Derbyshire schools: Brookfield Community School, The Bolsover School and Tupton Hall School. NQTs are invited to select the venue that most suits them. Sessions in Nottinghamshire will run 4:15pm - 5:15pm, Derbyshire sessions will run 4:00pm - 5:00pm.

Session title Date Venue Providers Behaviour management Wednesday 11 September 2019 The Bolsover School Jason Pridmore Wednesday 11 September 2019 Hall Park Academy Nadia Broughton Wednesday 11 September 2019 The Redhill Academy Sarah Staniforth & Lea Phillips Thursday 12 September 2020 South Nottinghamshire Academy Claire Lucas AfL1 - Questioning, objectives Monday 23 September 2019 Brookfield Community School TBC and outcomes Thursday 26 September 2019 The Redhill Academy Paul Crossley Being an effective vertical tutor Monday 7 October 2019 The Bolsover School Anthony Lyne Monday 7 October 2019 South Nottinghamshire Academy Scott Lowman & Elissa Hawksworth Wednesday 9 October 2019 Hall Park Academy Ewan Reed Thursday 10 October 2019 The Redhill Academy Lea Phillips and Sophie Minall Progress over time - use of data, Tuesday 5 November 2019 The Redhill Academy Janet Chapman & books, students and lessons as Phil Noble evidence Wednesday 6 November 2019 Tupton Hall School TBC Wednesday 6 November 2019 Hall Park Academy Nadia Broughton Thursday 7 November 2019 South Nottinghamshire Academy Mark Siviter TeachMeet Tuesday 26 November 2019 The Redhill Academy Paul Crossley & Chris West Instead of a CPD session, NQTs are invited to attend the Autumn Term TeachMeet. Book yourself a place at www.redhilltsa.org.uk Challenge - Pitch high and Wednesday 11 December 2019 Brookfield Community School TBC stretch the most able Wednesday 11 December 2019 The Redhill Academy Kirsty Wiseman Thinking skills Thursday 9 January 2020 Tupton Hall School TBC Thursday 9 January 2020 South Nottinghamshire Academy Holly Kowalewski Thursday 9 January 2020 Hall Park Academy James Fenby Thursday 9 January 2020 The Redhill Academy Judith Grainger Strategies to find out what Wednesday 22 January 2020 Hall Park Academy Kev Eden students have learnt Thursday 23 January 2020 The Bolsover School Amanda Tollafield Thursday 23 January 2020 South Nottinghamshire Academy Cheryl Farrington & Fiona Lambourne Thursday 23 January 2020 The Redhill Academy Ollie Furniss Preparing for linear assessment Monday 3 February 2020 Brookfield Community School TBC Thursday 6 February 2020 The Redhill Academy Paul Crossley Meeting a variety of additional Monday 24 February 2020 The Bolsover School Steph Spence needs Wednesday 26 February 2020 South Nottinghamshire Academy Claire Lucas Wednesday 26 February 2020 Hall Park Academy Teresa Pendleton Thursday 27 February 2020 The Redhill Academy Mike Johnson TeachMeet Tuesday 10 March 2020 The Oakwood Academy Gary Hillyard & Chris West Instead of a CPD session, NQTs are invited to attend the Spring Term TeachMeet. Book yourself a place at www.redhilltsa.org.uk Literacy - Reading, inference and Monday 23 March 2020 Tupton Hall School TBC oracy Tuesday 24 March 2020 The Redhill Academy Gary Hillyard & Luke Richardson

NQT Programme continued

Session title Date Venue Providers Developing students creativity Monday 20 April 2020 South Nottinghamshire Academy Anna Cox Wednesday 22 April 2020 Hall Park Academy Libby Hale Thursday 23 April 2020 Brookfield Community School TBC Thursday 23 April 2020 The Carlton Academy Dave Crossley Collaborative learning Wednesday 6 May 2020 The Bolsover School Victoria Wright Wednesday 6 May 2020 The Redhill Academy Sarah Johnson Active engagement and creative Tuesday 19 May 2020 The Carlton Academy Dave Crossley teaching Tuesday 19 May 2020 South Nottinghamshire Academy Holly Kowalewski Wednesday 20 May 2020 Tupton Hall School TBC Wednesday 20 May 2020 Hall Park Academy Kerry Mason AfL2 - homework, peer Wednesday 3 June 2020 Hall Park Academy Charlie Rochester assessment and feedback Thursday 4 June 2020 Brookfield Community School TBC Thursday 4 June 2020 The Redhill Academy Haley Hartley Thursday 4 June 2020 South Nottinghamshire Academy Hannah Wood TeachMeet Thursday 18 June 2020 Tupton Hall School Mandy Neville & Chris West Instead of a CPD session, NQTs are invited to attend the Summer Term TeachMeet. Book yourself a place at www.redhilltsa.org.uk Thriving beyond your NQT year Tuesday 30 June 2020 South Nottinghamshire Academy Mark Siviter Wednesday 1 July 2020 The Bolsover School Jason Pridmore Wednesday 1 July 2020 The Redhill Academy Kirsty Wiseman & Josh Cutts Wednesday 1 July 2020 Hall Park Academy Nadia Broughton NQT TeachMeet Wednesday 15 July 2020 The Redhill Academy Marie Imrie

Classroom Practice

Dynamic Sixth Form Teaching Programme

The Dynamic Sixth Form Teaching Programme specifically looks at rising to the challenge of Post-16 teaching. A level teaching is going through a time of dramatic change. With the reduction of coursework, the end of a resit culture and the re-introduction of linear exams, gaining those top grades will be made more difficult. Students will need to learn memory and recall skills and improve their essay writing to cope with the new exams. This course will provide you with practical advice, and teach you the skills needed to ensure Sixth Formers enjoy their learning and achieve their full potential.

We will take a different focus each session and share good practice that teachers are using to push students and improve results. This will include examining teaching techniques and some use of data and tracking to monitor progress. We will examine what makes outstanding teaching, and show you how to create a dynamic and exciting Sixth Form lesson.

Held at The Redhill Academy, NG5 8GX. Sessions will begin at 4:15pm and finish at 5:45pm.

Date Session title Providers Venue

Thursday 14 November 2019 Dynamic and creative teaching Susan Sharp & The Redhill Academy Alice Kettel This session is about how to make learning exciting. Students learn best when they are enthused by your subject. We will share a variety of starters, plenaries and different techniques to make Sixth Form teaching more interactive. Tuesday 3 December 2019 Using systems to understand Kathy Armitage & The Redhill Academy progress Alice Priestley Planning the year carefully and tracking and monitoring students will mean you know where to intervene and how. An experienced Head of Department will share tips, and we examine how we can ensure students are on track and aiming high! Thursday 6 February 2020 Assessment Marie Imrie & The Redhill Academy Mel Edwards Assessment can be used in more creative ways, it doesn’t have to mean every Sunday sitting with piles of essays. We will examine AFL approaches that are successful with Sixth Formers, and how to involve themselves and their peers so they can properly understand how to improve. Thursday 12 March 2020 Independent learning and Paul Crossley & The Redhill Academy preparing for linear exams Joe Kirkham In this age of linear exams students need to be better than ever at remembering large amounts of information. To enable them to do this they need to develop better a more mature approach to learning. This session will explore memory techniques and new ways of developing students’ independence that can be used both throughout the year and in preparation for exams.

INSET Workshops 2019

For each annual Redhill Trust Joint INSET Day we create a number of workshops which staff can choose from to attend. Below you will find details of all the workshops which were delivered at the 2019 Redhill Trust Joint INSET Day. This programme gives staff the opportunity to attend the other workshops that they did not attend on the day, or the opportunity for staff not involved in the INSET day training to access the individual workshops. Staff are welcome to attend any or all of the workshops below which compliment their CPD needs. Held at various locations, sessions will run from 4:15pm to 5:15pm.

Date Session title Providers Venue Wednesday 18 September 2019 Power writing Colin Sisson Hall Park Academy

Whether it be in coursework, essays or shorter responses, the ultimate aim of every teacher has to be to ensure that students have writing stamina, whilst making sure that what is produced is good quality writing. The aim of this session is to provide a systematic approach to supporting students to produce high quality, independent writing, which is both sustained and exemplifies their subject knowledge. The session will not only provide an overarching structure to support the teaching of writing, but will share a series of strategies to support students to unpick what makes good quality writing and build the confidence to replicate it themselves. Wednesday 9 October 2019 Interleaving Nadia Broughton The Redhill Academy

Interleaving and spacing have been 'buzz' words for some time now with much academic research evidencing these approaches for delivering subject content as the way forward in a world of linear examinations. However, what exactly are they? What is the difference between them and how can they be implemented successfully in our own pedagogy and practise?

This session will offer staff the opportunity to explore the differences between the two and the benefits they offer. Itwill look at a range of strategies from a number of subject areas as well as giving staff the chance to share, discuss and apply these to their own short and long term planning. Thursday 7 November 2019 Oracy 2 Katya Harvey-Taylor & The Redhill Acaemy Ellie Garment NB: This is a different workshop to last year. Research shows that when students learn how to use talk to reason together, they become better at reasoning on their own. We are becoming more knowledgeable about the power of exploratory and presentational talk in the classroom. But what might an oracy rich classroom look and feel like? In this session we will explore different ways to plan for purposeful exploratory and presentational talk as well as how talk can be used to develop character. Wednesday 21 November 2019 Teaching to the top Paul Bennett The Carlton Academy

Challenging and enabling our students to progress quickly and securely through programmes of study requires skilful planning and delivery. How do we plan and teach to the top and scaffold the learning to allow every student to experience success and maintain momentum? Tuesday 10 December 2019 Effective feedback Jason Pridmore The Redhill Academy

Challenge your thinking about how effective your feedback to students is. What does (and doesn’t) help students to improve their learning? What does the research say on the effectiveness of feedback and do we agree? What do you do with the information you gather when giving feedback? This workshop will explore all these questions as well as giving some practical approaches to improve your practice.

Developing Classroom Practice Programme

The sessions in this programme have been chosen to give delegates an insight into the components of high quality teaching. The needs of different learners are considered alongside strategies which will develop an engaging learning environment with an ethos of high expectation and challenge. Throughout all of the sessions there will be the running theme of all learners making progress. Staff are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions below which compliment their CPD needs. Unless otherwise stated, all sessions are held at The Redhill Academy, NG5 8GX. Sessions will begin at 4:15pm and finish at 5:45pm.

Date Session title Providers Venue Wednesday 25 September 2019 Thinking skills Marie Imrie The Redhill Academy Thinking skills strategies require learners to plan, execute and analyse their thinking and learning. They are expected not only to apply a range of thought processes to tasks but also to evaluate the effectiveness of specific learning approaches. The session will focus on specific thinking approaches and metacognition to encourage development of transferrable skills. Tuesday 1 October 2019 The art of questioning Steph Lovett Park Vale Academy "Good learning starts with questions, not answers". Questions can help pupils to reflect on information and commit it to memory. They can develop thinking skills, encourage discussion and stimulate new ideas. Questions allow teachers to determine how much a class understands and enable them to pitch lessons at an appropriate level. Teachers ask two to three million questions over the course of a career and they are an integral part of the teaching process. What can we do to improve our questioning technique and make sure the three million questions we ask are the right ones? Tuesday 8 October 2019 Using visual and written sources to develop Luke Richardson The Redhill Academy inference and analysis skills With the increasing prominence of text based exams, our students' ability to read and understand has never been more crucial. This session, for teachers of any subject, explores techniques that develop these necessary reading and inference skills. Wednesday 6 November 2019 Collaborative learning Sarah Johnson The Redhill Academy It is healthy for students to experience difficulty when working but they also need to be instructed in strategies that will help them to resolve conflicts in their learning. Collaborative learning approaches bring students together to solve challenging problems and result in deeper, longer term learning. In this session, strategies will be explored which help students to work collaboratively to reach successful solutions. Tuesday 12 November 2019 Working effectively with a TA Liz Coxon The Redhill Academy This session will help teachers to make the most of the expertise and capacity for support that Teaching Assistants have to offer. Tuesday 19 November 2019 Peer and self-assessment and responding Dan Hardy & Anna Sharpe The Redhill Academy to teacher feedback What does it mean to be outstanding in terms of marking, assessment and feedback? This session shows how the use of specific criteria will help you to evaluate the quality of your marking and ensure that students make progress over time. Tuesday 3 December 2019 Stretching the less able Sarah Davies The Redhill Academy To banish both apathy and boredom and to ensure that all your students are ‘stretched and challenged’ this session aims to develop skills to support staff in developing their planning and delivery so they feel confident in stretching and challenging the less able. Thursday 12 December 2019 Working with G&T learners Kerrie Moorhouse The Redhill Academy Teacher planning and delivery time is often spent on supporting less able students, but is this sometimes at the expense of the most able? Is their reward for successfully completing expected tasks simply to be given more of the same? This session looks at ways of challenging and stretching the most able students. Wednesday 15 January 2020 Building a creative environment Janet Chapman The Redhill Academy Many students frequently engage with their learning at a surface level. They can regurgitate what they have been told and feel confident they have learned all that they need. However, this leaves them unaware of the unexplored mysteries of subject areas. The session shows how to challenge this passivity and create a healthy spirit of curiosity, enquiry and a desire to delve deeper. A range of techniques will be shared in this session which will encourage students to think and work creatively.

Developing Classroom Practice Programme continued

Date Session title Providers Venue Tuesday 21 January 2020 Talk for writing Gary Hillyard The Oakwood Academy Talk for Writing is powerful because it is based on the principles of how students learn effectively. It works because it enables students to imitate the language they need for a particular topic orally before reading and analysing it and then writing their own version. The session will take participants through the practical steps needed to make Talk for Writing happen. Tuesday 28 January 2020 Encouraging students to take ownership of Rebecca Graves The Redhill Academy learning Clearly students learn in a variety of ways. One way is for students to support each other in moving their learning forward. This session explores how to help students articulate areas of learning they need support with and how to create opportunities for students to collaborate and make progress together. Thursday 13 February 2020 Autism Spectrum Disorder Mike Johnson & Liz Coxon The Redhill Academy Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder can be amongst the most challenging regarding Teaching and Learning. This session will provide an overview of the difficulties and the strategies to help support students academically and pastorally. Tuesday 3 March 2020 Making the learning visible Ollie Furniss The Redhill Academy The key factor in determining the next stages in a student’s learning must be a clear knowledge of how much progress they have made. Yet how can you gauge the progress of a whole class in an often limited amount of time? This workshop looks at a number of tried and tested strategies that will provide diagnostic information of what students have learned. Thursday 19 March 2020 Challenge and engagement Judith Grainger & The Redhill Academy Adam Corbett A common grievance of teachers focuses on the willingness of students to passively receive information, coupled with their reluctance to engage more actively and independently. This session explores ways in which this situation can be challenged and reversed. Practical strategies will be presented to ensure that all students are appropriately challenged and techniques will be outlined that ensure students take on more responsibility for the direction of their learning, leading ultimately to potential being realised and often exceeded. Wednesday 25 March 2020 Critical thinking Paul Crossley The Redhill Academy The new exam specifications require students to think for themselves. How do we get students to become critical thinkers and problem solvers? This session aims to look at strategic and practical ways in which we can achieve this. Thursday 2 April 2020 Improving spelling, punctuation and Haley Hartley The Redhill Academy grammar The age old problem of student grammar, spelling and punctuation has never been more high profile. Clearly they are important life skills but they are also increasingly a factor in how marks are awarded in exams. The session highlights a range strategies to help students improve their SPAG and ensure this area has a high profile in lessons. Thursday 30 April 2020 Effective group work Gemma Evans & Colonel Frank Seely Jess Breider Academy The power of learning collectively is well documented. This session explores how to develop the skills students need to work effectively in groups. Tuesday 5 May 2020 Supporting students with dyslexia Mike Johnson The Redhill Academy An overview of the main difficulties faced by students with dyslexia and strategies that can be used to support them to make progress.

Derbyshire Developing Classroom Practice Programme

The sessions in this programme have been specifically chosen from the main DCP Programme to give delegates an insight into the components of high quality teaching. Throughout all of the sessions there will be the running theme of all learners making progress. Staff are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions below which compliment their CPD needs. These sessions will be held in Derbyshire in order to facilitate attendance by our Derbyshire colleagues, however sessions are available to all. Sessions will begin at 4:00pm and finish at 5:30pm.

Date Session title Providers Venue

Thursday 2 October 2019 The art of questioning Emma Keightley Tupton Hall School "Good learning starts with questions, not answers". Questions can help pupils to reflect on information and commit it to memory. They can develop thinking skills, encourage discussion and stimulate new ideas. Questions allow teachers to determine how much a class understands and enable them to pitch lessons at an appropriate level. Teachers ask two to three million questions over the course of a career and they are an integral part of the teaching process. What can we do to improve our questioning technique and make sure the three million questions we ask are the right ones? Thursday 28 November 2019 Collaborative learning Victoria Wright The Bolsover School It is healthy for students to experience difficulty when working but they also need to be instructed in strategies that will help them to resolve conflicts in their learning. Collaborative learning approaches bring students together to solve challenging problems and result in deeper, longer term learning. In this session, strategies will be explored which help students to work collaboratively to reach successful solutions. Thursday 6 February 2020 Learning to revise Wayne Fallon & Debs Judd Brookfield Community School With the increasing prominence of text based exams, our students' ability to read and understand has never been more crucial. This session, for teachers of any subject, explores techniques that develop these necessary reading and inference skills. Wednesday 11 March 2020 Encouraging students to take owner- Matt Drury The Bolsover School ship of learning Clearly students learn in a variety of ways. One way is for students to support each other in moving their learning forward. This session explores how to help students articulate areas of learning they need support with and how to create opportunities for students to collaborate and make progress together. Tuesday 5 May 2020 Building a creative environment Jessica Harvey-Grayson Tupton Hall School What does it mean to be outstanding in terms of marking, assessment and feedback? This session shows how the use of specific criteria will help you to evaluate the quality of your marking and ensure that students make progress over time. Monday 8 June 2020 Active engagement and oracy Kate Lloyd & Tim Fagan Brookfield Community School

The aim of this session is to provide you with a range of strategies which can help to develop communication techniques and support students to be confident communicators. The session will also look at the key principles behind effective student engagement and how to combine high levels of challenge with the confidence and assurance which allows students to progress.

Supporting Students with Assessment Programme

The increasing emphasis on terminal linear exams represents an enormous challenge to some students and a huge challenge to teachers preparing them to achieve their potential. This programme will help delegates to ensure students have the skills, confidence and resilience to be successful in final assessments. Curricular change, targeted intervention, revision skills, exam techniques and ethos will all be explored across the three session programme. Please note this is the same programme which ran last year as ‘Preparing for Linear Assessment’ Held at The Redhill Academy, NG5 8GX, sessions will begin at 4:15pm and finish at 5:45pm.

Date Session title Providers Wednesday 25 September 2019 Planning your curriculum and interventions Amy Gascoigne & Mike Walsh The move towards linear assessment means that schools need to adapt the way they prepare their students for examinations. This session will explore how schools can plan their curriculum and develop a positive ethos amongst the students towards exam preparation and intervention strategies. The session will also look at ways to use Key Stage 3 to make the transition to GCSEs as smooth as possible.

Wednesday 20 November 2019 Learning to revise Paul Crossley & Dave Crossley Do we perhaps make the mistake of assuming that students in an exam year already know how to revise? This session is designed to give ideas on how we can explicitly model activities that will support students outside of the classroom. We will also explore ways in which we can work with exam papers in the classroom to ensure revision is focused on the correct areas.

Wednesday 22 January 2020 Examination practice James Girling & Joe Kirkham The recent changes in the assessment landscape dictate that students must maximise their performance in the examination hall to achieve good grades. ‘Examination Practice’ builds on the ideas from the ‘Learning to Revise’ session and shows how to interleave key exam techniques within the memory and recall process. Delegates will explore how to develop a strategic overview plus a variety of strategies that give students intensive exposure to the many demands of the examinations.

Move On Up is a highly successful and valued programme which aims to empower teachers to deliver high quality lessons more consistently, giving them the motivation, confidence and skills to be the best teacher they can be. The programme is proven to work best for teachers who have the capacity to reflect upon and improve their own practice. We provide the support of outstanding facilitators, observation of excellent classroom practice, research materials, and practical resources which prompt sustainable change. There is a clear focus on the key principles which underpin effective teaching to improve student outcomes, alongside the development of sustainable improvement.

Who is it for? Delegates may already be good practitioners who want to move their teaching on to the next level or they may be less confident practitioners who are in need of guidance and support to improve their practice. The programme has proven highly successful with a wide range of teachers at varying stages of their career from NQT onwards.

Participants will: • Receive guided instruction on how to fine tune key areas of Teaching and Learning such as: - the expert’s classroom - explaining - questioning - differentiation - modelling - practice - feedback • Observe outstanding practitioners in their classrooms • Complete gap tasks between sessions • Reflect upon and discuss their current practice in order to develop and improve their effectiveness in the classroom • Receive practical advice on how to improve • Read and research the theory behind the key elements of the programme • Have access to mentoring by a middle/senior leader in their own school between sessions • Complete a ‘teaching challenge’ which demonstrates the progress made in one or more of the key areas

“It’s a brilliant experience.” “It has given me the confidence to try new things.” “Not just theoretical—it offers lots of ideas from exceptional teachers in a range of subject areas.” “MOU has made me reflect on lots of different aspects of my teaching that I would not necessarily have thought of in a normal CPD session.” “I have come away with lots of practical ideas and lots of quick wins to use straight away.”

Details

The launch will be a whole day event held in the Redhill Trust Training Centre, at The Redhill Academy. Subsequent sessions are either morning or afternoon and are held at The Redhill Academy or one of the participating schools.

Lunch / breakfast is provided prior to all sessions.

Cost of programme: £500 per participant

For more details, or to book a place for either cohort, please contact the RTSA Management Team on 0115 926 1481 option 3 or email [email protected].

Places are limited to 15 per programme.

Autumn 2019 Summer 2020

Monday 16 September 2019 9.00am – 3:00pm Friday 27 March 2020 9:00am - 3:00pm

Friday 4 October 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm Friday 24 April 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm

Thursday 17 October 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm Tuesday 5 May 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm

Friday 15 November 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm Wednesday 20 May 2020 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Friday 29 November 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm Friday 12 June 2020 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Monday 9 December 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm Tuesday 23 June 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm

Friday 20 December 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm Thursday 9 July 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm

"Lots of useful tips and techniques to use in the classroom, starting tomorrow!" "Variety of schools and staff represented." "Positive, informal and enjoyable atmosphere."

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 10 March 2020 4:00pm—5:30pm The Oakwood Academy

Thursday 18 June 2020 4:00pm—5:30pm Tupton Hall School

Middle Leadership

Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme

The RTSA Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme aims to develop high quality pastoral specialists with the ultimate aim of raising student achievement. The programme consists of six sessions which will provide both aspirant and existing middle leaders with an insight into the role of pastoral management, examining best practise in key areas of responsibility alongside effective communication with staff, pupils and parents. The workshops will support the pursuit of a practical school-based project as well as help develop an enhanced understanding of intervention methods and the need for collaboration with other school leaders and outside agencies.

Delegates are required to attend all of the sessions of this programme, as there will be gap tasks between the sessions and a project to complete over the course of the programme. Held at The Redhill Academy, NG5 8GX, sessions will begin at 4:15pm and finish at 5:45pm.

Date Session title Providers

Thursday 17 October 2019 Leading a pastoral team & developing a positive ethos Steph Lovett & Hannah Lake There are few jobs in schools that are so varied, challenging and rewarding as leading a year group or house. This workshop will help build your confidence and abilities to lead and will highlight some ways for you to promote student attendance, standards of behaviour, aspirations and rewards systems which all contribute towards creating a positive ethos. Thursday 5 December 2019 Use of tracking and intervention data Steph Lovett & Jo Giles To support the numerous invention strategies employed by subject leaders, a pastoral middle leader plays a vital role in identifying underachieving students. This session looks at how to effectively track the progress of students in your Year or House and offers advice on how and when to intervene to maximise success. Wednesday 29 January 2020 Dealing with incidents & difficult situations effectively Steph Lovett & Andy Trowbridge No day in the life of a pastoral leader will ever be the same. Pastoral middle leaders contend with a variety of difficult situations and incidents of an unpredictable nature. This workshop will run through some case studies, conflict resolution and discuss the appropriate responses and action required. Thursday 12 March 2020 Effective communication Steph Lovett & Anthony Lyne The Head of House and Head of Year role can be time-demanding and relies upon communicating effectively to staff, pupils and parents. This workshop will show you how to manage your time effectively exemplifying different methods/approaches to communicate effectively with those you deal with on a daily basis. Wednesday 29 April 2020 Quality assurance of pastoral provision Steph Lovett & Ewan Reed To be an effective pastoral middle leader it is crucial that you have a thorough understanding of the strengths of your Year or House team and the priorities for future development. This session will help you to understand how, through QA processes, you can assess the provision and effectiveness of form time activities and maintain high expectations and standards. Tuesday 16 June 2020 Project presentations Steph Lovett & Dave Udoh

The final session involves a series of mini project presentations led by the course participants. The session will also include information, advice and guidance for taking the next steps into pastoral middle and senior leadership.

Curriculum Middle Leadership Programme The Redhill Teaching School Alliance Curriculum Middle Leadership training programme is focused on the essential task of developing high quality middle leaders. The workshops are designed for those preparing for, or new to middle leadership. During the course of the programme you will investigate key responsibilities of middle leaders, all sessions are grounded in the reality of life in school. Delegates are welcome to book onto whichever sessions meet their CPD needs. Held at The Redhill Academy, NG5 8GX. Sessions will begin at 4:15pm and finish at 5:45pm.

Date Session title Providers Venue Wednesday 16 October 2019 Leading on Quality Assurance Ewan Reed & Nicola Pearson The Redhill Academy To be an effective middle leader it is crucial that you have a thorough understanding of the strengths of your departmentand the priorities for future development. Ask yourself the following questions: Do you know what the standard of Teaching and Learning is across your faculty? Do students enjoy learning in your subject and do they behave well? How much progress do students make? How effective is your leadership and management and also that of other post holders within your faculty? This session will help you to understand how, through QA processes, you can answer these questions with confidence. Wednesday 4 December 2019 Handling data Steve Roberts The Redhill Academy Successful middle leaders need to have a secure understanding of how to handle data in order to drive forward student achievement and progress. This session will raise your awareness of which types of data to refer to; what patterns and trends to focus on; and how to use data effectively to inform planning and intervention.

Wednesday29 January 2020 Strategic planning Dan Straw & Kathy Armitage The Redhill Academy All successful leaders need to have a vision. Do you know what direction you want to take your faculty? Do you have the ability to motivate and enthuse your team to share your vision? Can you put your ideas into action? The session focuses on developing strategic plans for the short, medium and long term, providing you with the advice and practical tools in order to develop your own faculty SEF.

Wednesday 4 March 2020 Leading on Teaching and Learning Marie Imrie The Redhill Academy This is, in some ways the most crucial part of a middle leader's role, yet the area that can often be squeezed as administrative tasks swallow time. The session puts the direction of teaching and learning at the heart of middle leadership. Part of the session looks at moving good teaching to outstanding and the second gives practical suggestions on how to demonstrate explicitly that the students are making appropriate progress in a lesson. There will also be time to discuss, with other participants, ways in which they are moving teaching and learning forwards in their departments. Wednesday 29 April 2020 Managing personnel in a faculty/ Amy Gascoigne & Kirsty Wiseman The Redhill Academy department There are many challenges associated with managing and developing staff. This session will look at effective ways of communicating with staff and creating individual CPD plans. We will consider different management styles and their effect on both strategic, and day to day decision making. We will explore how to develop a strong team ethos by balancing the challenge and support that you provide as a middle leader. Wednesday 17 June 2020 Somebody’s got to do it! Sarah Johnson & Dan Hardy The Redhill Academy

Managing and leading a team of people is highly rewarding but also comes with associated challenges. Amongst these are the key roles of supporting team members with class management issues and implementing strategies for dealing with disengaged students and liaising with their parents. The session explores how to manage these challenges successfully.

Supporting Others Programme

The Supporting Others Programme provides targeted training in some of the key skills needed when supporting colleagues in our own and other schools. The programme is aimed at staff aspiring to work as SLEs, Lead Practitioners or facilitators or those already engaged in outreach work, networks or delivery of CPD and training. It is a cross phase programme and is particularly suitable for middle leaders or aspiring middle leaders who are interested in developing the skills necessary to successfully guide, coach and mentor others to improve student outcomes. Staff may access individual elements of the programme as required, however aspirant SLEs are encouraged to complete this programme prior to applying for SLE accreditation. Held at The Redhill Academy, NG5 8GX, sessions will begin at 4:15pm and finish at 5:45pm.

Date Session title Providers Tuesday 15 October 2019 Coaching and mentoring Sally Barfoot & Amanda Neville This session will give delegates chance to explore key strategies and frameworks for framing discussions with colleagues and ensure that our coaching and mentoring practices have sustainable impact. Sally is an experienced teacher, former AST, SLE and Trust Director and is currently Director of Teaching School. Amanda is currently a Senior Assistant Head and has extensive experience as a coach and mentor in a variety of roles. She has also introduced IRIS lesson observation software across her school to support self-reflection and peer to peer support.

Wednesday 12 February 2020 Facilitator training Sally Barfoot & Marie Imrie

This session will be particularly useful to delegates new to facilitating and to those wishing to refresh their practice. This will be a very practical session with opportunities to trial elements of presentation and facilitation and review personal strengths and areas for development with a view to gaining confidence with both small and large scale delivery of training and CPD. Sally and Marie are two of our most experienced facilitators and have undergone accredited facilitator training with Olevi.

Wednesday 10 June 2020 Subject audits and action planning Sally Barfoot & Hayley Dyer-Ince

This session will look in detail at how to conduct subject reviews both for internal self-improvement purposes and for external auditing purposes. We will explore the principles behind effective review procedures and how to ensure that the process remains targeted and practical. The session will also provide guidance on how to produce an effective action plan and ensure that subject reviews lead to sustained improvement. Sally and Hayley are both experienced at conducting faculty reviews as part of their roles as SLEs and with Sally as a Trust Director.

Senior Leadership and Headship

Preparing for Senior Leadership Programme 2020 Cohort 9 The Preparing for Senior Leadership CPD Programme will support the development of aspirant senior leadership by: • providing an insight into the diverse range of opportunities at senior leadership level • examining theoretical models of leadership • developing leadership skills through the examination of case studies • supporting the pursuit of a practical school based leadership project, with the support of a school based mentor • enhancing understanding of current and future local and national agendas • increasing confidence in leadership skills in a whole school context Held at The Redhill Academy, NG5 8GX, sessions will begin at 4:15pm and finish at 6:15pm. Date Session title Providers Role

Wednesday 5 February 2020 Session 1 - Leading Teaching and Learning Andrew Burns Executive Principal, Redhill Academy Trust The session explores how to make sense of this core activity of school life. With a Neil Matthews Head of School, The Redhill Academy constantly changing landscape and both external and internal pressures, colleagues Rebecca Graves Deputy Headteacher, Colonel Frank Seely Academy will be shown how to prioritise teaching and learning issues in a way that will have Paul Crossley Assistant Headteacher, The Redhill Academy maximum impact for the student population.

Wednesday 11 March 2020 Session 2 - Leading student support services Neil Matthews Head of School, The Redhill Academy Jo Giles Deputy Headteacher, The Redhill Academy In many ways this is the most unpredictable area of the senior leadership world. The Mike Hardy Headteacher, The Oakwood Academy session identifies key principles and explores how they inform decision making and action in areas such as attendance, behaviour and exam success.

Wednesday 6 May 2020 Session 3 - Leading curriculum change Andrew Burns Executive Principal, The Redhill Academy Trust Neil Matthews Head of School, The Redhill Academy One certainty is that the curriculum will always be evolving to reflect a range of Chris West Deputy Headteacher, Hall Park Academy demands and needs. The session presents a model for leading any significant change and then applies this specifically to curriculum development.

Wednesday 8 July 2020 Session 4 - Managing critical incidents Neil Matthews Head of School, The Redhill Academy Steph Dyce Executive Headteacher, Hall Park Academy Current heads of schools share their experiences of handling some of the more Steve Bowhay Headteacher, Park Vale Academy challenging aspects of their role. As well as the chance to discuss real issues, colleagues will be offered guiding principles which help to shape decisions.

Wednesday 30 September 2020 Session 5 - Leading quality assurance and Neil Matthews Head of School, The Redhill Academy intervention packages Dan Philpotts Headteacher, South Nottinghamshire Academy Dave Crossley Deputy Headteacher, The Carlton Academy The session examines systems and processes for identifying the strengths and areas for development across a school. A QA model for whole school use is examined and the way this impacts on school improvement is explored.

Wednesday 18 November 2020 Session 6 - Handling difficult conversations and Andrew Burns Executive Principal, Redhill Academy Trust conflict resolution Neil Matthews Head of School, The Redhill Academy Marie Egwuma Head of School, The Carlton Academy The session will give practical advice on how to deal consistently and successfully with difficult conversations and conflicts within school. In addition, colleagues will be shown strategies for dealing with the media.

Wednesday 13 January 2021 Session 7 - School based challenge projects and Neil Matthews Head of School, The Redhill Academy reflection on readiness for senior leadership

The final session involves a series of mini leadership challenge presentations led by the course participants. Also, advice will be given on application letters and how to cope with the interview process.

Headteachers

RTSA Headteachers’ Conference The termly conferences are an opportunity for Heads to discuss current alliance issues, receive key alliance updates and help shape the future of the alliance.

Date Time Venue

Friday 11 October 2019 1:00pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Friday 28 February 2020 1:00pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Inspiring Leaders Residential Leadership Conference 7th & 8th November 2019 Venue: Marriott Hotel, Leicester (Jct 21, M1) This event will provide a combination of outstanding and inspirational key notes, a variety of practical workshops, a wide ranging market place and the chance to collaborate with colleagues from across our partnership. This year’s event is focused on how as leaders we can create a culture for continuous improvement. Through our key notes and workshops we aim to provide inspiration and practical ideas to ensure that you are invested in as a leader to get the best from your team. This event is exclusively available for those within the Inspiring Leaders community; this includes the alliances and trusts which make up our partnership, our facilitators and present and past participants.

£340 per person (residential) - to include accommodation and evening meal. £260 per person (non-residential) For further details please email [email protected]

Networks and Conferences

From its formation the Redhill Teaching School Alliance has always been committed to collaboration and the sharing of excellent practice amongst colleagues. A number of networks have been established which give teachers the opportunity to share innovative ideas, explore responses to curriculum and syllabus change, joint plan developmental projects and engage in school based research. The networks are co-ordinated by recognised experts in their field but all colleagues are welcome to present and lead on particular issues. All networks are free for RTSA schools, £50 per session for other schools, or three meetings for £100. Cross-phase networks cost £25 per participant.

To book a place on any of our networks, please contact the Teaching School Management team, by email to [email protected] or call us on 0115 926 1481 option 3.

Please check all bookings with your CPD Co-ordinator.

Art and Design Network

Led by Hayley Dyer-Ince (Head of Art and Technology and SLE, The Carlton Academy). The Art and Design Network meets termly to discuss current issues/changes in teaching Art and Design and to share good practice. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 15 October 2019 2:30pm—4:00pm The Carlton Academy

Wednesday 25 March 2020 2:30pm—4:00pm The Carlton Academy

Tuesday 2 June 2020 2:30pm—4:00pm The Carlton Academy

Business Studies Network

Led by Nic Hayward (The Redhill Academy). The Business Studies Network aims to discuss current issues/changes in teaching Business Studies and to share good practice. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday 11 December 2019 2:30pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 11 March 2020 2:30pm—4:00pm Tupton Hall School

Wednesday 24 June 2020 2:30pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Computing and ICT Network

Led by James Girling (Faculty Leader for ICT and Business, The Redhill Academy). The Computing and ICT Network is for heads of department to meet to discuss current issues/changes in ICT and to share best practice. New members are welcome to attend this network.

Date Time Venue

Monday 30 September 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Monday 9 March 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Monday 22 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Design and Technology Network

Led by Mike Walsh (The Redhill Academy). The Design and Technology Network aims to discuss current issues/changes in teaching Design and Technology and to share good practice. New members are always welcome to attend. Date Time Venue

Wednesday 26 September 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm Park Vale Academy

Thursday 23 January 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Oakwood Academy

Thursday 26 March 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Thursday 18 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Carlton Academy

Drama Network

Led by Sophie Sloan (Colonel Frank Seely Academy) and Liz Bates (The Redhill Academy). The Drama Network meets once per team to discuss current issues/changes within Drama and to share good practice. New members are always welcome to attend. Date Time Venue

Wednesday 2 October 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 1 April 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm South Nottinghamshire Academy

Thursday 9 July 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm Colonel Frank Seely Academy English Network & T&L Resource Share Led by Emma Murray (Head of English, The Oakwood Academy) and Holly Kowalewski (Head of English, South Nottinghamshire Academy). The English Network meets to discuss current issues/changes in English and to share good practice. New members are welcome to attend. In addition to the Network meetings, this year will see the launch of our English T&L Resource Share meetings. These events are open to all classroom teachers and leaders of English and will be focussed on the sharing of effective T&L resources and strategies. Date Time Meeting Venue

Tuesday 17 September 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm Network The Oakwood Academy

Monday 14 October 2019 4:00pm—6:00pm T&L Resource Share The Redhill Academy

Thursday 13 February 2020 4:00pm—6:00pm T&L Resource Share The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 16 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm Network The Oakwood Academy

Food Network

Led by Amy Massey (Curriculum Area Lead, The Redhill Academy). The Food Network aims to discuss current issues/changes in teaching Food and to share good practice. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Thursday 14 November 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 26 February 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm Park Vale Academy

Tuesday 21 April 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 24 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Geography Network

Led by Jenny Chappell, (Redhill Academy Trust Director of Geography). The Geography Network meets once per term to share best practice and discuss current issues in Geography. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Monday 2 December 2019 3:45pm - 5:15pm The Redhill Academy

Monday 30 March 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Thursday 25 June 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm The Bolsover School

Health and Social Care Network

Led by Claire Veselinova (Hall Park Academy). This group of Health and Social Care teachers meet termly, to discuss any recent developments for specifications and to share good practice. New members are always welcome.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 26 November 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm Hall Park Academy

Thursday 5 March 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Oakwood Academy

Thursday 2 July 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

History Network

Led by Helen Burgess (Redhill Academy Trust Director of History), the History Network meets termly to discuss current issues/changes in history and to share good practice. All History teachers are welcome to attend this network.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 24 September 2019 3:45pm - 5:15pm The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 21 January 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 14 July 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm The Redhill Academy

Literacy Network

Led by Gary Hillyard (Assistant Headteacher, The Oakwood Academy) and Lindsey Jamson (SLE, Greasley Beauvale Primary School). The Literacy Network meets termly to discuss strategies and share good practice with primary and secondary colleagues. New members are always welcome to attend. Date Time Venue

Monday 11 November 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Oakwood Academy

Monday 24 February 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Oakwood Academy

Monday 15 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Oakwood Academy Maths Network & T&L Resource Share Led by Craig Hill (Redhill Academy Trust Director of Maths) and Katie Pollard (South Nottinghamshire Academy), the Maths Network meets to share good practice, develop teaching and learning and discuss curriculum issues. New members are always welcome to attend. In addition to the Network meetings, this year will see the launch of our Maths T&L Resource Share meetings. These events are open to all classroom teachers and leaders of Maths and will be focussed on the sharing of effective T&L resources and strategies. Date Time Meeting Venue

Wednesday 16 October 2019 4:00pm—6:00pm T&L Resource Share Park Vale Academy

Thursday 12 December 2019 3:35pm—5:15pm Network Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Tuesday 11 February 2020 4:00pm—6:00pm T&L Resource Share The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 24 March 2020 3:35pm—5:15pm Network South Notts Academy

Media Studies Network

Led by Beck Benson (Head of Media, The Carlton Academy). The Media Studies Network will meet once a term to discuss current issues/changes within Media Studies and to share good practice. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 12 November 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Carlton Academy

Wednesday 11 March 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Carlton Academy

Thursday 12 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Carlton Academy

MFL Network

Led by Dave Gilwhite (Redhill Academy Trust Director of MFL) and Gemma Evans (Head of MFL, Colonel Frank Seely Academy) the MFL network meets four times a year. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Thursday 26 September 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Thursday 9 January 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Thursday 23 April 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Thursday 4 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm Colonel Frank Seely Academy

MFL Development Day

This event is designed to bring MFL colleagues together alongside lead practitioners to collaborate on strategies which impact on the quality of teaching and learning in languages. There will be a substantial amount of time during the day to work as a team alongside the workshop presenters to plan, develop and share resources which can be taken back to school ready for use in the next academic year.

Date Time Venue

Friday 10 July 2020 All day The Redhill Academy

Music Network

Led by Yolanda Thomas (Head of Music, The Redhill Academy). The Music Network aims to discuss current issues/changes in teaching Music and to share good practice. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 12 November 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Carlton Academy

Tuesday 21 April 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Thursday 2 July 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Numeracy Network

This network, for both Primary and Secondary colleagues is led by Nic Hodgson (Lake View Primary School) and Josh Cutts (Head of KS3 Maths, The Redhill Academy). The network meet termly to discuss numeracy strategies and share good practice. New members are always welcome to attend. Date Time Venue

Wednesday 9 October 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Monday 27 January 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 10 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

PE Network

Led by Will Swaithes (SLE, and PE Consultant). The PE Network meets once per term to discuss current issues/changes in PE and to share best practice. It is aimed at heads and second in faculty as we look at all areas of teaching and learning as well as leadership and curriculum aspects for Key Stages 3-5. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 8 October 2019 3:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 12 February 2020 3:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 23 June 2020 3:30pm—4:30pm The Carlton Academy

Philosophy, Religion and Ethics Network

Led by Lynsey Wilkinson (Head of RE, The Redhill Academy). This Network meets once per year to discuss current issues/changes in Philosophy, Religion and Ethics and to share good practice. All teachers are welcome to attend this network.

Date Time Venue

Monday 18 November 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 11 February 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm TBC

Tuesday 30 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm TBC

Psychology Network

Led by Abigail Emsley (SLE and Head of Department, Carlton le Willows Academy) and Alice Priestley (Head of Psychology, The Redhill Academy), the Psychology Network meets four times a year to discuss challenges faced in Psychology and to share good practice for promoting effective teaching and learning. New members are always welcome to attend this network.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday 16 October 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm Carlton le Willows Academy

Thursday 9 January 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 25 March 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 17 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm Carlton le Willows Academy

Science Network & T&L Resource Share

Led by Craig Hewitt (Redhill Academy Trust Director of Science). This Network for Heads of Science meets to discuss changes to Science specifications and share best practice. New members are always welcome to attend. In addition to the Network meetings, this year will see the launch of our Science T&L Resource Share meetings. These events are open to all classroom teachers and leaders of Science and will be focussed on the sharing of effective T&L resources and strategies.

Date Time Meeting Venue

Wednesday 16 October 2019 3:45pm - 5:15pm Network South Nottinghamshire Academy

Thursday 12 December 2019 3:45pm - 5:15pm Network Park Vale Academy

Tuesday 11 February 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm T&L Resource Share TBC

Sociology Network

Led by Kathy Armitage (Head of Post-16, The Carlton Academy). The Sociology Network meets once per term to discuss current issues/changes in Sociology and to share good practice. New members are always welcome.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 19 November 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Carlton Academy

Wednesday 11 March 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Monday 22 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm TBC

Leadership Networks

Curriculum Leaders Network

Led by Steve Bowhay (Headteacher, Park Vale Academy). This group of senior leaders meet once a term to discuss any recent developments around curriculum and qualifications. They share the strategies being employed in their respective schools and look at innovative approaches to curriculum design. New members are welcome to attend this network.

Date Time Venue

Thursday 26 September 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Thursday 26 March 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Thursday 18 June 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Pupil Premium Network

Led by Dave Bensley (Assistant Headteacher, Sir William Robertson Academy). This group of senior leaders meet termly to discuss current issues and strategies for pupil premium. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 10 December 2019 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 3 March 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm Sir William Robertson Academy

Tuesday 7 July 2020 2:30pm—4:30pm The Redhill Academy

Leadership Networks

SEND Network

Led by Claire Horn (SENCO, Robert Mellors Primary Academy), this group of SENCOs from primary and secondary schools meet termly to discuss changes in SEND and share best practice. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday 19 November 2019 2:30pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 26 February 2020 2:30pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 16 June 2020 2:30pm—4:00pm Robert Mellors Primary Academy

Teaching and Learning Conference

Led by Paul Crossley (Teaching and Learning Coordinator, The Redhill Academy) this new T&L Conference aims to provide a more inclusive way of discussing aspects of Teaching and Learning which are current and relevant to all. We would actively encourage all alliance schools to attend.

Date Time Venue

Thursday 14 November 2019 9:00am—12:30pm The Redhill Academy

Thursday 16 July 2020 9:00am—12:30pm The Redhill Academy

Women Leading in Education Network

Led by Jo Giles, East Midlands North Women Leading in Education Champion, this network will provide an opportunity for current and aspiring school leaders to meet and informally network. If you’ve not heard of the Women Leading in Education project then please do come along and find out more!

Date Time Venue

Wednesday 6 November 2019 4:30pm—6:00pm The Redhill Academy

Support Staff Networks

Attendance Network

Led by Andy Holmes (SLE, Redhill Academy Trust). This network is for Attendance Officers, Attendance Managers, and admin/attendance colleagues. The group will meet once per term to discuss best practice and share ideas to support each other in areas of attendance. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday 27 November 2019 2:00pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 1 April 2020 2:00pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Careers Network

Led by Charlotte Blyth (Careers and Aspirations Leader, Redhill Academy Trust). The Careers Network aims to discuss good practice amongst colleagues across the alliance. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Thursday 26 September 2019 1:00pm—3:00pm The Redhill Academy

Monday 3 February 2020 1:00pm—3:00pm The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 17 June 2020 2:00pm—4:00pm The Redhill Academy

Support Staff Networks

Librarian Network

Led by Lucy Georgeson (Learning Resource Centre Manager, The Carlton Academy) the Librarian Network provides an opportunity to meet and discuss good practice with fellow Librarians from both primary and secondary schools. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Friday 27 September 2019 9:30am—11:30am The Carlton Academy

Monday 10 February 2020 2:00pm—4:00pm The Carlton Academy

Monday 6 July 2020 2:00pm—4:00pm The Carlton Academy

Teaching Assistant Network

Led by Lisa Charles (Literacy Coordinator, The Oakwood Academy) and Karina Fulton (Deputy Head and SENCO, Willow Farm Primary School). The TA Network meets termly to share best practice, continue TAs’ professional development and discuss new policies. New members are always welcome to attend.

Date Time Venue

Thursday 14 November 2019 1:30pm—3:30pm Willow Farm Primary School

Supporting transition

Tuesday 10 March 2020 1:30pm—3:30pm The Oakwood Academy

Understanding behaviour

Thursday 18 June 2020 1:30pm—3:30pm The Redhill Academy

Mental health

Events and Opportunities

• Science Learning Partnership courses • Transition Literacy Event • NPQML, NPQSL, NPQH and NPQEL courses • Bespoke CPD • Research Opportunities • Calendar of events • School to School Support

Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City Science Learning Partnership

Continuous Professional Development What can we offer your school? The Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City Science • Science CPD with the Science Learning Learning Partnership run jointly by the Redhill Centre Quality Stamp Teaching School Alliance and Tuxford Academy. We • CPD delivered within schools or clusters work with STEM LEARNING at the National Science of schools Learning Centre in York to offer high quality science • One to one support for Science subject Continuing Professional Development and support leaders for teachers and technicians working with pupils aged • Support for science department to move 5 to 19. to good or to outstanding • Science CPD to move teaching towards The National Science Learning Network aims to outstanding support teachers and technicians in enhancing their • Support for the science teachers at every professional skills by learning more about: level of their career • contemporary scientific ideas • Professional development for • experimenting with effective teaching approaches outstanding practitioners delivery of CPD • modern scientific techniques. • School to school support in delivery of • inspiring pupils by providing them with a more the new specifications and programmes exciting, intellectually stimulating and relevant of study science education

For details of sessions or to book a place, please visit www.stem.org.uk/cpd If you have any questions about the Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City Science Learning Partnership, please contact Katie Crowley-Andrews, SLP Co-ordinator at [email protected]

Secondary Science Courses

Date Course code Providers Venue Gatsby Careers report and bringing STEM Careers into the classroom Wednesday 18 September 2019 RK298 D02 Rob Butler University of Nottingham, 1:30pm - 4:30pm Sutton Bonington Campus Getting students to the top grades Tuesday 15 October 2019 RK298 D03 Martin Reece The Nottingham Emmanuel 9:30am - 3:30pm School Mathematics in Science teaching Monday 4 November 2019 RK210 D01 Alison Watts Shirebrook Academy 9:30am - 3:30pm Better Explanations Thursday 7 November 2019 RK298 D05 Rob Butler Yorkshire Wildlife Park 9:30am - 3:30pm Literacy in Science Monday 11 November 2019 RK212 D01 Rob Butler The Redhill Academy 9:30am - 3:30pm Growing application skills - don't lose marks for AO2 Friday 15 November 2019 RK298 D04 Alison Watts Tupton Hall School 9:30am - 3:30pm Strengthening practical work in physics teaching Monday 18 November 2019 RK201 D01 Alison Watts Shirebrook Academy 9:30am - 3:30pm Technician network Thursday 21 November 2019 RK607 D01 Anna Roberts Kirk Hallam Academy 1:00pm - 4:00pm Strengthening practical work in chemistry Monday 9 December 2019 RK202 D01 Jane Patching The Redhill Academy 9:30am - 3:30pm Strengthening practical work in biology Monday 13 January 2020 RK200 D01 Ian Powell The Redhill Academy 9:30am - 3:30pm Preparing students for GCSE exams Tuesday 28 January 2020 RK211 D01 Rob Butler The Redhill Academy 9:30am - 3:30pm

The fee for the full day courses is £175 per delegate.

To book a place, please visit www.stem.org.uk/cpd and search for the course code.

For further details contact Katie Crowley-Andrews at [email protected]

Transition Literacy Event

Thursday 26 March 2020 The Redhill Academy 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Making the Step-up: Year 6-7 Transition Literacy Event To ensure that students continue to develop and extend their literacy skills, it is crucial that staff have a clear understanding of where the students have been and where they are heading. Following on from last year, the Transition Literacy Event will bring together Year 6 and KS3 teachers and provide an opportunity to discuss literacy developments at each key stage and share expertise and good practice. The main focus this year will be on reading, although there will still be a Big Write activity and an opportunity tosee what other schools are doing to support literacy transition between KS2 and KS3. Further details of the Big Write activity and the plan for the whole event will be sent out to Alliance members at the end of the Autumn Term.

Free to alliance members. Non-alliance members are welcome to attend at a cost of £75 per school. If you would like to attend a session please book a place by calling 0115 926 1481 option 3 or by email to [email protected] Please check all bookings with your Teaching and Learning Coordinator.

Licensed by the DfE to deliver NPQML, NPQSL, NPQH and NPQEL Are you: • A middle or senior leader looking to develop your leadership skills? • A new or aspiring head seeking further support, networks and development? • A current or aspiring executive head or Trust CEO wanting to access coaching, professional learning and peer support?

Access a national professional qualification near you! Inspiring Leaders is a leading provider of school-based leadership training, including the NPQs, across the East Midlands and Yorkshire regions. We passionately believe that great school leadership has the power to transform children’s lives and by utilising the experience and expertise of practicing school leaders, we endeavour to develop confident, ethical and aspirational school leaders of the future. DfE Scholarships available for this years’ intakes. Contact us to check your eligibility. If you are not eligible for a DfE scholarship, you will get 10% RTSA member discount.

Please see below for details of the current recruitment rounds:

Next intake is scheduled for June 2020.

Application windows take place in the Autumn and Summer terms. Contact us for details.

Application deadlines: 7 November 2019 (starts November 2019) 24 February 2020 (starts February 2020)

Applications are now being taken for the new secondary specific NPQML cohorts. This programme will run in Nottingham and will enable our secondary delegates to address phase specific issues at a deeper level. Application deadlines: 7 November 2019 (starts November 2019) 24 February 2020 (starts February 2020)

To book a place or to find out more, please visit www.inspiringleaderstoday.com, call 0115 989 1913 or email [email protected]

Bespoke INSET Opportunities

Across the Redhill Teaching School Alliance there is a wide range of tried and tested, bespoke INSET that colleagues are willing to share with other alliance schools. There are three models for delivery. The school can be given all of the materials to present themselves, a session can be developed together, or presented solely by the person who designed it. The method of developing a session together has proved to be most successful. If you are interested in any of the INSET options below, or are able to offer any INSET to add to this list, please contact the Teaching School Management Team for further information.

School INSET focus Audience Time Various Top end literacy - There are a set of core literacy skills we should en- Secondary - 1 hour to deavour to ensure all of our most able students develop. They should Whole half a day be able to read widely, access demanding texts and articulate ideas school to effectively both in writing and through dialogue. In addition, we want small group them to have the skills and confidence to use highly academic language. This session will look at a range of strategies that can be used to help develop these literacy skills in our most able learners across all three Key Stages. Various Collaborative Learning - It is beneficial for our most able students to Secondary - 1 hour to experience struggle and difficulty through regular exposure to Whole half a day challenging and engaging activities. However, they will also need to school to be instructed in strategies that will help them to resolve conflicts in small group their learning. Collaborative learning approaches will bring students together to solve challenging problems and result in deeper, longer term learning. In this session, strategies will be explored which create cognitive conflict for students and help them to work collaboratively to reach successful solutions. Various Creativity - Often students only engage with their learning at a sur- Secondary - 1 hour to face level. Many students can regurgitate what they have been told Whole half a day and feel confident they have learned all that they need. Howev- school to er, this leaves them unaware of the unexplored mysteries of subject small group areas. Confronting and challenging this will create a healthy spirit of curiosity and desire to delve much deeper. A range of creative techniques will be shared in this session, allowing participants to develop a more challenging and engaging learning environment.

Various Memory and Recall 2 - The demise of controlled assessment and the Secondary - 1 hour to huge emphasis on terminal exams means the development of Whole half a day effective memory and recall skills amongst our students is critical. school to This session builds on the approaches explored last year. A range of small group practical techniques will be showcased that can fit within a co-ordinated, strategic approach to revision. All of the methodologies have been used successfully in our schools. Various Questioning - "Good learning starts with questions, not answers". Secondary - 1 hour to Questions can help pupils to reflect on information and commit it to Whole half a day memory. They can develop thinking skills, encourage discussion and school to stimulate new ideas. Questions allow teachers to determine how small group much a class understands and enable them to pitch lessons at an appropriate level. Teachers ask two to three million questions over the course of a career and they are an integral part of the teaching process. What can we do to improve our questioning technique and make sure the three million questions we ask are the right ones?

Bespoke INSET Opportunities

School INSET focus Audience Time Various Stretch - Challenge - Engage - With the recent introduction of the Secondary - 1 hour to new more rigorous exams and the grade 9 at GCSE, which is going to Whole half a day be harder to achieve than an A*, we must ensure that our most able school to students are pushed in every lesson right from year 7. In this session small group we will explore techniques to establish the culture where students look to stretch themselves and explore strategies whereby even the most gifted learners are suitably challenged. The Reading and inference - Our students read every day, to function Secondary - 1 hour to Redhill within our lessons and their wider school lives; but is this enough to Whole half a day Academy assume they can break down and decode complicated, unseen and school to crucial texts? With rigorous new exams across secondary education, small group this is wider than the concern of the traditional “written” subjects. Our students must understand increasingly unpredictable question commands, diagrams and images correctly. This course, for teachers of any subject, explores techniques which develop these skills. We look at how to break down the decoding of texts, images and charts into simple, manageable steps, which we can then weave into lessons and schemes of work. This process will help us take students past the “fear factor” of unseen texts and confusing vocabulary when it really matters. The Pirate Skills Day - The aim of this session is to begin to introduce to Year 7 (half- whole-day Oakwood Year 7 pupils the Redhill Revision cycle. Through an exploration of the year groups) Academy lives of pirates and comparing this to the life of Jack Sparrow, students practice a range of skills including creating revision materials, memory games, extended writing and reviewing what they have learnt. There are plenty of interactive activities for students and this is easily adaptable to meet your specific needs. The Approaches to differentiation - Take part in an actual lesson which Secondary 2 hours Oakwood focusses on the development of castles in the Middle Ages. The aim staff CPD Academy of the session is to demonstrate to staff ways of embedding a variety of differentiation methods into lessons, as well as exploring how literacy and numeracy can be developed without compromising subject knowledge and understanding.

Research across the alliance

The Redhill Teaching School Alliance

• provides professional development opportunities that allow staff to engage in their own research

• promotes research into what works best in teaching and learning

Alongside various national projects, teachers across the alliance engage in small-scale classroom based research projects in a range of areas. They receive training and support in research methods and their findings are published on the Redhill Teaching School Alliance website and shared widely with our schools and beyond.

The alliance website also provides information about educational research in general, including our series of bitesize research summaries: Research in 100 Words

See www.redhilltsa.org.uk for more details.

Calendar of RTSA events 2019-20 Day Date Time Title Venue Wednesday 11 September 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Behaviour Management The Bolsover School

Wednesday 11 September 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Behaviour Management Hall Park Academy

Wednesday 11 September 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Behaviour Management The Redhill Academy

Thursday 12 September 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Behaviour Management South Nottinghamshire Academy

Monday 16 September 2019 9.00am – 3:00pm Move On Up - Autumn Cohort: Session 1 The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 17 September 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm English Network The Oakwood Academy

Wednesday 18 September 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm INSET Workshops 2019: Power writing Hall Park Academy

Wednesday 18 September 2019 12:30pm - 3:30pm School Direct Whole Cohort Training: Lesson planning The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 18 September 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Gatsby Careers report and bringing STEM Careers University of Nottingham, Sutton into the classroom Bonington Monday 23 September 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: AfL1 - Questioning, objectives and outcomes Brookfield Community School

Tuesday 24 September 2019 3:45pm - 5:15pm History Network The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 24 September 2019 12:30pm - 3:30pm School Direct Whole Cohort Training: Differentiation The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 25 September 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Thinking skills The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 25 September 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Supporting Students with Assessment Programme: Planning your The Redhill Academy curriculum interventions Thursday 26 September 2019 1:00pm - 3:00pm Careers Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 26 September 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Curriculum Leaders Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 26 September 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Design and Technology Network Park Vale Academy

Thursday 26 September 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm MFL Network Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Thursday 26 September 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: AfL1 - Questioning, objectives and outcomes The Redhill Academy

Friday 27 September 2019 9:30am - 11:30am Librarian Network The Carlton Academy

Monday 30 September 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Computing and ICT Network The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 01 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: The art of questioning Park Vale Academy

Tuesday 01 October 2019 12:30pm - 3:30pm School Direct Whole Cohort Training: Teaching and learning South Nottinghamshire Academy strategies Thursday 02 October 2019 4:00pm - 5:30pm Derbyshire DCP: Questioning Tupton Hall School

Wednesday 02 October 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Drama Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 02 October 2019 4:15pm - 6:15pm Preparing for Senior Leadership Cohort 8: Session 5 The Redhill Academy

Friday 04 October 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm Move On Up - Autumn Cohort: Session 2 The Redhill Academy

Monday 07 October 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Being an effective vertical tutor The Bolsover School

Monday 07 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Being an effective vertical tutor South Nottinghamshire Academy

Tuesday 08 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Using visual and written sources to develop inference and The Redhill Academy analysis skills Tuesday 08 October 2019 3:30pm - 4:30pm PE Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 09 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm INSET Workshops 2019: Interleaving The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 09 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Being an effective vertical tutor Hall Park Academy

Wednesday 09 October 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Numeracy Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 10 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Being an effective vertical tutor The Redhill Academy

Thursday 10 October 2019 9:00am - 12:30pm School Direct Whole Cohort Training: Use of data and assessment The Redhill Academy

Friday 11 October 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm RTSA Headteachers' Autumn Conference The Redhill Academy

Monday 14 October 2019 4:00pm - 6:00pm English T&L Resource Share The Redhill Academy

Calendar of RTSA events 2019-20 Day Date Time Title Venue Tuesday 15 October 2019 2:30pm - 4:00pm Art and Design Network The Carlton Academy

Tuesday 15 October 2019 9:00am - 12:30pm School Direct Whole Cohort Training: Teaching at KS5 The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 15 October 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Getting students to the top grades The Nottingham Emmanuel School Tuesday 15 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Supporting Others Programme: Coaching and Mentoring The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 16 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Curriculum Middle Leadership Programme: Leading on quality The Redhill Academy assurance Wednesday 16 October 2019 4:00pm - 6:00pm Maths T&L Resource Share Park Vale Academy

Wednesday 16 October 2019 2:30pm - 4:00pm Psychology Network Carlton le Willows Academy

Thursday 17 October 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm Move On Up - Autumn Cohort: Session 3 The Redhill Academy

Thursday 17 October 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme: Leading a Pastoral Team The Redhill Academy & developing a positive ethos Monday 04 November 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Mathematics in Science teaching Shirebrook

Tuesday 05 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Progress over time The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 06 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Collaborative learning The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 06 November 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Progress over time Tupton Hall School

Wednesday 06 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Progress over time Hall Park Academy

Wednesday 06 November 2019 4:30 - 6:00pm Women Leading in Education Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 07 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm INSET Workshops 2019: Oracy 2 The Redhill Academy

Thursday 07 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Objectives and Outcomes The Redhill Academy

Thursday 07 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Progress over time - use of data, books, stu- South Nottinghamshire Academy dents and lessons as evidence Thursday 07 November 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Better explanations Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Monday 11 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Behaviour Management The Redhill Academy

Monday 11 November 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Literacy Network The Oakwood Academy

Monday 11 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm School Direct Whole Cohort Training: Behaviour management The Redhill Academy

Monday 11 November 2019 9:00am - 12:30pm School Direct Whole Cohort Training: SEN Education in The Redhill Academy mainstream schools Monday 11 November 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Literacy in Science The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 12 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Working effectively with a TA The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 12 November 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Media Studies Network The Carlton Academy

Tuesday 12 November 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Music Network The Carlton Academy

Thursday 14 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Dynamic Sixth Form Teaching: Dynamic and creative teaching The Redhill Academy

Thursday 14 November 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Food Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 14 November 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm Teaching and Learning Conference The Redhill Academy

Thursday 14 November 2019 1:30pm - 3:30pm Teaching Assistant Network: Supporting transition Willow Farm Primary School

Friday 15 November 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm Move On Up - Autumn Cohort: Session 4 The Redhill Academy

Friday 15 November 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Growing application skills - don't lose marks for AO2 Tupton Hall School

Monday 18 November 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Philosophy, Religion and Ethics Network The Redhill Academy

Monday 18 November 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Strengthening practical work in physics teaching Shirebrook

Tuesday 19 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Peer and self-assessment and responding to teacher The Redhill Academy feedback Tuesday 19 November 2019 2:30pm - 4:00pm SEND Network The Redhill Academy

Calendar of RTSA events 2019-20 Day Date Time Title Venue Tuesday 19 November 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Sociology Network The Carlton Academy

Wednesday 20 November 2019 4:15pm - 6:15pm Preparing for Senior Leadership Cohort 8: Session 6 The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 20 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Supporting Students with Assessment Programme: Learning to The Redhill Academy revise Wednesday 21 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm INSET Workshops 2019: Teaching to the top The Carlton Academy

Thursday 21 November 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Differentiation for aspirant learners The Redhill Academy

Thursday 21 November 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm SLP Course: Technicians Network Kirk Hallam Academy

Monday 25 November 2019 8:45am - 2:00pm School Direct Whole Cohort Training: Applying for jobs The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 26 November 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Health and Social Care Network Hall Park Academy

Tuesday 26 November 2019 4:00pm - 5:30pm NQT and ITT CPD - TeachMeet The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 26 November 2019 8:30am - 10:30am Sport England STTA project meeting The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 27 November 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm Attendance Network (Secondary) The Redhill Academy

Thursday 28 November 2019 4:00pm - 5:30pm Derbyshire DCP: Collaborative Learning The Bolsover School

Friday 29 November 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm Move On Up - Autumn Cohort: Session 5 The Redhill Academy

Monday 02 December 2019 3:45pm - 5:15pm Geography Network The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 03 December 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Stretching the less able The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 03 December 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Dynamic Sixth Form Teaching: Using systems to understand The Redhill Academy progress Wednesday 04 December 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Curriculum Middle Leadership Programme: Handling data The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 04 December 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Effective use of data The Redhill Academy

Thursday 05 December 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme: Use of tracking and The Redhill Academy intervention data Monday 09 December 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm Move On Up - Autumn Cohort: Session 6 The Redhill Academy w/c 09 December 2019 whole day School Direct Whole Cohort Training: Secodaries visit to second placement school Monday 09 December 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Strengthening practical work in chemistry The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 10 December 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm INSET Workshops 2019: Effective feedback The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 10 December 2019 2:30pm - 4:30pm Pupil Premium Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 11 December 2019 2:30pm - 4:00pm Business Studies Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 11 December 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Challenge - Pitch high and stretch the most able Brookfield Community School

Wednesday 11 December 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Challenge - Pitch high and stretch the most able The Redhill Academy

Thursday 12 December 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Working with G&T learners The Redhill Academy

Thursday 12 December 2019 3:35pm - 5:15pm Maths Network Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Friday 20 December 2019 9:00am - 12:30pm Move On Up - Autumn Cohort: Session 7 The Redhill Academy

Thursday 09 January 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm MFL Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 09 January 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Thinking skills Tupton Hall School

Thursday 09 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Thinking skills South Nottinghamshire Academy

Thursday 09 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Thinking skills Hall Park Academy

Thursday 09 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Thinking skills The Redhill Academy

Thursday 09 January 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm Psychology Network The Redhill Academy

Monday 13 January 2020 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Strengthening practical work in biology The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 15 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Building a creative environment The Redhill Academy

Calendar of RTSA events 2019-20 Day Date Time Title Venue Wednesday 15 January 2020 4:15pm - 6:15pm Preparing for Senior Leadership Cohort 8: Session 7 The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 15 January 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm Science Network South Nottinghamshire Academy

Tuesday 21 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Talk for writing The Oakwood Academy

Tuesday 21 January 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm History Network The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 21 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Behaviour Management (repeat session) The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 21 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Teaching compare and contrast (ITT for those The Redhill Academy who have already attended the other session this week) Wednesday 22 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Strategies to find out what students have learnt Hall Park Academy

Wednesday 22 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Supporting Students with Assessment Programme: Examination The Redhill Academy practice Thursday 23 January 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Design and Technology Network The Oakwood Academy

Thursday 23 January 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Strategies to find out what students have learnt The Bolsover School

Thursday 23 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Strategies to find out what students have learnt South Nottinghamshire Academy

Thursday 23 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Strategies to find out what students have learnt The Redhill Academy

Monday 27 January 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Numeracy Network The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 28 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Encouraging students to take ownership of learning The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 28 January 2020 9:30am - 3:30pm SLP Course: Preparing students for GCSE exams The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 29 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Curriculum Middle Leadership Programme: Strategic planning The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 29 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme: Dealing with incidents & The Redhill Academy difficult situations effectively Thursday 30 January 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Objectives and Outcomes (repeat session) The Redhill Academy

Monday 03 February 2020 1:00pm - 3:00pm Careers Network The Redhill Academy

Monday 03 February 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Preparing for linear assessment Brookfield Community School

Wednesday 05 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Being an effective vertical tutor (ITT for those The Redhill Academy who have already attended the other session this week) Wednesday 05 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Effective use of data (repeat session) The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 05 February 2020 4:15pm - 6:15pm Preparing for Senior Leadership Cohort 9: Session 1 - Leading The Redhill Academy Teaching and Learning Thursday 06 February 2020 4:00pm - 5:30pm Derbyshire DCP: Learning to revise Brookfield Community School

Thursday 06 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Dynamic Sixth Form Teaching: Assessment The Redhill Academy

Thursday 06 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Preparing for linear assessment The Redhill Academy

Monday 10 February 2020 2:00pm - 4:00pm Librarian Network The Carlton Academy

Tuesday 11 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Differentiation for aspirant learners (repeat The Redhill Academy session) Tuesday 11 February 2020 4:00pm - 6:00pm Maths T&L Resource Share The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 11 February 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Philosophy, Religion and Ethics Network TBC

Wednesday 12 February 2020 3:30pm - 4:30pm PE Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 12 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Supporting Others Programme: Facilitation The Redhill Academy

Thursday 13 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Autism Spectrum Disorder The Redhill Academy

Thursday 13 February 2020 4:00pm - 6:00pm English T&L Resource Share The Redhill Academy

Monday 24 February 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Literacy Network The Oakwood Academy

Monday 24 February 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Meeting a variety of additional needs The Bolsover School

Wednesday 26 February 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Food Network Park Vale Academy

Wednesday 26 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Meeting a variety of additional needs South Nottinghamshire Academy

Calendar of RTSA events 2019-20 Day Date Time Title Venue Wednesday 26 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Meeting a variety of additional needs Hall Park Academy

Wednesday 26 February 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm SEND Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 27 February 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Meeting a variety of additional needs The Redhill Academy

Friday 28 February 2020 1:00pm - 4:00pm RTSA Headteachers' Spring Conference The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 03 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Making the learning visible The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 03 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Pupil Premium Network Sir William Robertson Academy

Wednesday 04 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Curriculum Middle Leadership Programme: Leading on teaching The Redhill Academy and learning Wednesday 04 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Teaching explanations The Redhill Academy

Thursday 05 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Health and Social Care Network The Oakwood Academy

Monday 09 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Computing and ICT Network The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 10 March 2020 4:00pm - 5:30pm NQT and ITT CPD - TeachMeet The Oakwood Academy

Tuesday 10 March 2020 1:30pm - 3:30pm Teaching Assistant Network: Understanding behaviour The Oakwood Academy

Wednesday 11 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm Business Studies Network Tupton Hall School

Wednesday 11 March 2020 4:00pm - 5:30pm Derbyshire DCP: Encouraging students to take ownership of The Bolsover School learning Wednesday 11 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Media Studies Network The Carlton Academy

Wednesday 11 March 2020 4:15pm - 6:15pm Preparing for Senior Leadership Cohort 9: Session 2 – Leading The Redhill Academy student support services Wednesday 11 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm Sociology Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 12 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Dynamic Sixth Form Teaching: Independent learning and prepar- The Redhill Academy ing for linear exams Thursday 12 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme: Effective communication The Redhill Academy

Thursday 19 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Challenge and engagement The Redhill Academy

Monday 23 March 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Literacy - Reading, inference and oracy Tupton Hall School

Tuesday 24 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Memory and recall The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 24 March 2020 3:35pm - 5:15pm Maths Network South Nottinghamshire Academy

Tuesday 24 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Literacy - Reading, inference and oracy The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 25 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm Art and Design Network The Carlton Academy

Wednesday 25 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Critical thinking The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 25 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm Psychology Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 25 March 2020 8:30am - 10:30am Sport England STTA project meeting The Redhill Academy

Thursday 26 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Curriculum Leaders Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 26 March 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Design and Technology Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 26 March 2020 4:00pm - 6:00pm Transition Literacy Event The Redhill Academy

Friday 27 March 2020 9:00am - 3:00pm Move On Up - Summer Cohort: Session 1 The Redhill Academy

Monday 30 March 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm Geography Network Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Tuesday 31 March 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Working with a TA The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 01 April 2020 2:00pm - 4:00pm Attendance Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 01 April 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Drama Network South Nottinghamshire Academy

Thursday 02 April 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Improving spelling, punctuation and grammar The Redhill Academy

Monday 20 April 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Developing students creativity South Nottinghamshire Academy

Calendar of RTSA events 2019-20 Day Date Time Title Venue Tuesday 21 April 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Food Network The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 21 April 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Music Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 22 April 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Developing students creativity Hall Park Academy

Thursday 23 April 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm MFL Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 23 April 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Developing students creativity The Carlton Academy

Thursday 23 April 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Developing students creativity Brookfield Community School

Thursday 23 April 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm Science Network Park Vale Academy

Friday 24 April 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm Move On Up - Summer Cohort: Session 2 The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 29 April 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Curriculum Middle Leadership Programme: Managing personnel The Redhill Academy in a Faculty/Department Wednesday 29 April 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme: Quality assurance of The Redhill Academy pastoral provision Thursday 30 April 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Effective group work Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Thursday 30 April 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Thinking skills The Redhill Academy

Monday 04 May 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Inference training The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 05 May 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm DCP: Supporting students with dyslexia The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 05 May 2020 4:00pm - 5:30pm Derbyshire DCP: Building a creative environment Tupton Hall School

Tuesday 05 May 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm Move On Up - Summer Cohort: Session 3 The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 06 May 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Collaborative learning The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 06 May 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Collaborative learning The Bolsover School

Wednesday 06 May 2020 4:15pm - 6:15pm Preparing for Senior Leadership Cohort 9: Session 3 – Leading The Redhill Academy curriculum change Tuesday 19 May 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Student ownership of learning The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 19 May 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Active engagement and creative teaching The Carlton Academy

Tuesday 19 May 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Active engagement and creative teaching South Nottinghamshire Academy

Wednesday 20 May 2020 1:00pm - 4:00pm Move On Up - Summer Cohort: Session 4 Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Wednesday 20 May 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Active engagement and creative teaching Hall Park Academy

Wednesday 20 May 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Active engagement and creative teaching Tupton Hall School

Tuesday 02 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm Art and Design Network The Carlton Academy

Wednesday 03 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Active engagement The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 03 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: AfL2 - homework, peer assessment and Hall Park Academy feedback Thursday 04 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm MFL Network Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Thursday 04 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: AfL2 - homework, peer assessment and The Redhill Academy feedback Thursday 04 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: AfL2 - homework, peer assessment and South Nottinghamshire Academy feedback Thursday 04 June 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: AfL2 - homework, peer assessment and Brookfield Community School feedback Monday 08 June 2020 4:00pm - 5:30pm Derbyshire DCP: Active engagement and oracy Brookfield Community School

Wednesday 10 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Numeracy Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 10 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Supporting Others Programme: Subject Audits and Action The Redhill Academy Planning Thursday 11 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm ITT Programme: Strategies to find out what the students have The Redhill Academy learned Thursday 12 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Media Studies Network The Carlton Academy

Calendar of RTSA events 2019-20 Day Date Time Title Venue Friday 12 June 2020 1:00pm - 4:00pm Move On Up - Summer Cohort: Session 5 TBC

Monday 15 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Literacy Network The Oakwood Academy

Tuesday 16 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm English Network The Oakwood Academy

Tuesday 16 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Pastoral Middle Leadership Programme: Project presentations The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 16 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm SEND Network Robert Mellors Primary Academy

Wednesday 17 June 2020 2:00pm - 4:00pm Careers Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 17 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:45pm Curriculum Middle Leadership Programme: Somebody's got to do The Redhill Academy it! Wednesday 17 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm Psychology Network Carlton le Willows Academy

Thursday 18 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Curriculum Leaders Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 18 June 2020 4:00pm - 5:30pm NQT and ITT CPD - TeachMeet Tupton Hall School

Thursday 18 June 2020 8:30am - 10:30am Sport England STTA project meeting The Redhill Academy

Thursday 18 June 2020 1:30pm - 3:30pm Teaching Assistant Network: Mental health The Redhill Academy

Monday 22 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Computing and ICT Network The Redhill Academy

Monday 22 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Sociology Network TBC

Tuesday 23 June 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm Move On Up - Summer Cohort: Session 6 TBC

Tuesday 23 June 2020 3:30pm - 4:30pm PE Network The Carlton Academy

Wednesday 24 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:00pm Business Studies Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 24 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Food Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 25 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Design and Technology Network The Carlton Academy

Thursday 25 June 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm Geography Network The Bolsover School

Friday 26 June 2020 9:00am - 3:00pm Joint Inset Day

Tuesday 30 June 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Thriving beyond your NQT year South Nottinghamshire Academy

Tuesday 30 June 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Philosophy, Religion and Ethics Network TBC

Wednesday 01 July 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm NQT Programme: Thriving beyond your NQT year The Bolsover School

Wednesday 01 July 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Thriving beyond your NQT year The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 01 July 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: Thriving beyond your NQT year Hall Park Academy

Thursday 02 July 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Health and Social Care Network The Redhill Academy

Thursday 02 July 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Music Network Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Monday 06 July 2020 2:00pm - 4:00pm Librarian Network The Carlton Academy

Tuesday 07 July 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Pupil Premium Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 08 July 2020 4:15pm - 6:15pm Preparing for Senior Leadership Cohort 9: Session 4 – Managing The Redhill Academy critical incidents Wednesday 08 July 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm Science T&L Resource Share TBC

Thursday 09 July 2020 2:30pm - 4:30pm Drama Network Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Thursday 09 July 2020 9:00am - 12:30pm Move On Up - Summer Cohort: Session 7 The Redhill Academy

Friday 10 July 2020 All day MFL Development Day The Redhill Academy

Tuesday 14 July 2020 3:45pm - 5:15pm History Network The Redhill Academy

Wednesday 15 July 2020 4:15pm - 5:15pm NQT Programme: NQT TeachMeet The Redhill Academy

Thursday 16 July 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm Teaching and Learning Conference The Redhill Academy

School-to-School Support

What can we offer? The RTSA is passionate about supporting schools in order to maximise student achievement and progress. Our alliance members are entitled to one free day of school to school support per year, or two half days if preferred. If further support is requested, support will be provided at the member school’s convenience with members receiving a discount of £100 per full day of support, or £50 for a half day.

The RTSA can offer a wide range of support including: bespoke packages, support for new members of staff, moderation, departmental/subject reviews, observations, coaching to address underperformance, delivery of staff meetings, whole staff INSET plus much more in order to develop strategies to improve specific areas within your school.

Our ‘Directory of Expertise’ booklet highlights the specialist practitioners we have on hand to support you in a multitude of areas. If there is something specific your school would benefit from which is not included in the directory, please feel free to contact Sally Barfoot to discuss your requirements and we will develop a bespoke package.

Who’s who

Andrew Burns Executive Principal of the Redhill Academy Trust As an experienced NLE and Executive Headteacher of the Redhill Academy Trust, Andrew oversees the strategic leadership of the alliance, particularly aspects of school to school support.

Sally Barfoot

Director of Teaching School Sally leads the teaching school alliance and works closely with our strategic partners to develop provision to maximise student achievement and staff professional development. Her role includes overseeing all TSA events; recruitment, selection and quality assurance for the School Direct programme and brokering all school-to-school support requests. Sally is actively involved in designing and delivering some of our CPD sessions.

Julie Wardle

Director of Primary Education for the Redhill Academy Trust

Julie is an experienced NLE and Pupil Premium Reviewer. She is also Executive Headteacher at Carlton Junior Academy and can provide bespoke primary school to school support. She works closely with the alliance to shape the primary CPD programme.

Trust Principal: Andrew Burns Director of Teaching School: Sally Barfoot Teaching School Team: Katie Crowley-Andrews, Sarah Haslam and Rebecca Seadon

Redhill Road, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8GX Tel: 0115 926 1481 Fax: 0115 9676922 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.redhilltsa.org.uk Twitter: @RedhillTSA